Romantic guitar by PETIT JEAN L'aîné made in Mirecourt (France) circa 1830.
Two piece table in spruce.
Table, soundhole and fingerboard edged with wide ebony and ivory stringings.
Ebony and mother of pearl pin-bridge.
Decorative frieze with dragons, bells, branches and ribbons design in painted cardboard around the bridge.
Ebony fingerboard. Seventeen metal frets.
Ribs and one piece back in maple edged with ebony and ivory stringings.
Neck and figure-of eight head veneered of ebony with six reversed ebony pegs.
Oranged varnish.
Branded internally on the back:
PETIT JEAN
A PARIS
Total Length: 933 mm.
Scale: 650 mm.
